programming language design
in your programmery opinion, which function call syntax do you prefer:
- f(x, y)
- f x y
and how might your preference change in the presence of, say, partial function application (e.g. 'f x' returns a function that still expects a parameter y)?
programming language design
i guess i should explain exactly what my bad programming language is going for
i want to make a language supporting both FP-style (side-effect-free) functions and imperative-style (side-effectful)... uh... let's call them procedures
i would love to have currying and partial application and other such nice things, but there's some other stuff i would like too, so i gotta be careful about syntax so it can actually express stuff nicely
programming language design
after hearing all your wonderful comments and suggestions about this matter, i have decided to give up
programming language design
@kistaro i was gonna say "you lost me at 'study c++'" and then i read the rest of the post
programming language design
@typhlosion study how the C++ Standard Template Library handles currying via std::bind, look at some code that uses it, and then realize that whatever you invent cannot possibly be worse than what people already use every goddamn day in this stupid industry